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Comments on MetaFilter post MithrasSat, 28 Aug 2010 14:17:05 -0800Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:17:05 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Mithrashttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras
<a href="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bull_killer/">Bull-Killer, Sun Lord.</a> "Foreign religions grew rapidly in the 1st-century A.D. Roman Empire, including worship of Jesus Christ, the Egyptian goddess Isis, and an eastern sun god, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries">Mithras</a>."post:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:12:53 -0800homunculusArchaeologyHistoryMithraismMithrasReligionRomanRomeSolInvictusTauroctonyBy: munchingzombiehttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259125
I once made a coffee mug that read "Mithras is the Reason for the Season".comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259125Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:17:05 -0800munchingzombieBy: chavenethttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259126
FWIW, Mithraism is central to William Gaddis' <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140187081/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">The Recognitions</a></em>. (Hey, everything revolves around the sun....). Here's another view of <a href="http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/mithraeum.shtml">Rome's Mithraeum</a>.
Many thanks for these links.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259126Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:19:59 -0800chavenetBy: paisley henosishttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259130
Mithras is pretty neat, but it seems like he could have a stronger post.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259130Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:29:39 -0800paisley henosisBy: vhofhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259133
Very interesting insight to the 1st Century religion!comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259133Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:33:06 -0800vhofBy: homunculushttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259134
<a href="http://www.mithraeum.eu/map.php">Map</a> of <a href="http://www.mithraeum.eu/monumentae.php?tid=1">Mithraea</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259134Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:34:40 -0800homunculusBy: gdavhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259169
It was typical of Rudyard Kipling that he made a <a href="http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_mithras.htm">generous attempt</a> to give the Mithraists a voice.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259169Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:06:04 -0800gdavBy: jrb223http://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259171
I still remember <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-san-clemente">my first Mithraeum</a>, underneath the church of San Clemente in Rome. I tell you, you never forget it, your first Mithraeum.
And if you do remember your first Mithraeum, you probably guffawed like I did when you first heard Battlestar Galactica make <a href="http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Mithraism">reference</a> to Mithras.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259171Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:07:56 -0800jrb223By: Justinianhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259181
Even today most of us celebrate Mithras on Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. December 25th.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259181Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:20:57 -0800JustinianBy: coniferhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259183
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0cEp3-_TM">Kid Rock</a> (Warning: YouTube) tried to bring him back.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259183Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:21:38 -0800coniferBy: dancestobluehttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259203
I first heard about Mirthras (and lots of other god legends, or legendary gods, or whatever) in <a href="http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-god-who-wasnt-there/">the fun hour-long documentary "The God Who Wasn't There".</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259203Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:49:23 -0800dancestoblueBy: The Whelkhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259218
From the fog of my self- taught religion classes, one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women?comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259218Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:07:03 -0800The WhelkBy: kuujjuarapikhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259236
I find it interesting that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap">Phrygian cap</a> that Mithras is shown wearing meant 'liberty' to ancient Romans. The same cap was later used on the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Pole"> Liberty Poles</a> of the American revolution and the heads of the Sans-Culottes of the French Revolution. It's the same cap that Liberty is shown wearing on old US $1 coins, and is the cap on the heads of Smurfs.
It is now being <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300406396265&rvr_id=131289878047&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=M*F%3F&GUID=678fbb081270a02653034ff3ff2fcb27&itemid=300406396265&ff4=263602_263622">marketed to the Tea Party</a>. I really hope that it catches on, because the ones wearing it who know some history will be constantly bothered by people asking 'hey, what's up with the Smurf hat?' by people who do not know history.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259236Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:25:19 -0800kuujjuarapikBy: The Whelkhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259258
Plus they have connections to international communism, so extra.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259258Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:44:35 -0800The WhelkBy: kuujjuarapikhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259259
what, the Smurfs?comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259259Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:46:41 -0800kuujjuarapikBy: joe lisboahttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259261
<i>what, the Smurfs?</i>
Absolutely: From each according to their smurf, to each according to their smurf.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259261Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:49:59 -0800joe lisboaBy: No-swordhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259299
<i>Ein Gespenst schlumpft um in Europa – das Gespenst des Schlumpfheit...</i>comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259299Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:26:17 -0800No-swordBy: Greg_Acehttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259307
These new deities will never last, by Crom!!comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259307Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:33:49 -0800Greg_AceBy: eye of newthttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259333
There's an <a href="http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/">Egyptian Museum</a> in San Jose run by the Rosicrucians. They have a planetarium. I went to see the show in the planetarium expecting to learn something new about stars and the universe. Well, it <em>was</em> about the stars, and the universe, and how it all ties into Mithras.
So I guess there are still people following this stuff.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259333Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:01:26 -0800eye of newtBy: eye of newthttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259342
I checked my own link, and apparently the show is still going on at the museum's planetarium! The website mentions a Dr. Davis Ulansey, so I did a search, and found <a href="http://www.well.com/~davidu/mithras.html">his website</a> on the Mithras.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259342Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:13:47 -0800eye of newtBy: IndigoJoneshttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259348
<em>From the fog of my self- taught religion classes, one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women?</em>
So they say, the experts, yes.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259348Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:26:31 -0800IndigoJonesBy: eye of newthttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259354
<em>So they say, the experts, yes.</em>-- IndigoJones
Channeling Yoda, you are.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259354Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:34:34 -0800eye of newtBy: felix betachathttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259371
I could tell you everything <i>I</i> know about Mithras, but then I'd have to drag you down into a hastily dug trench, knife you in the gut and wallow in your steaming blood.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259371Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:01:44 -0800felix betachatBy: The Whelkhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259449
I tried that once in college and it was so not worth it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259449Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:51:31 -0800The WhelkBy: rodgerdhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259458
<i>one of the factors in Mithras' fade was that it had no role for women?</i>
That and the whole "killing pagans who won't convert" post-Constantine.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259458Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:05:02 -0800rodgerdBy: The Whelkhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259467
Well that's hardly unique now.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259467Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:14:13 -0800The WhelkBy: John Shafthttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259577
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSm7YPMQOSo">Mithras as discussed on QI</a>. Dara Ó Briain's comment at 2:36 is tops.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259577Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:52:23 -0800John ShaftBy: GenjiandProusthttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3259607
<em>They have a planetarium. I went to see the show in the planetarium expecting to learn something new about stars and the universe. Well, it was about the stars, and the universe, and how it all ties into Mithras.</em>
I've seen this, too! Although I went into it knowing I was in for a pile 'o Mithras, so maybe it wasn't so jarring. The Rosicrucian Museum is well worth a visit for people in San Jose, assuming you like your museums not too tightly connected to verifiable "facts."comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3259607Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:27:07 -0800GenjiandProustBy: ovvlhttp://www.metafilter.com/95207/Mithras#3260017
I for one welcome our new Bull Overlords.comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95207-3260017Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:25:04 -0800ovvl